A view of the port at Wanchese over the stern of a small shrimp boat

A view of the fishing port

This boat has seen better days

A view of the fishing port

Fish art - a sculpture of an octopus at the Roanoke Island Aquarium

A view of the Bodie Island Lighthouse at sunset

A view of the Bodie Island Lighthouse at sunset

A view of the Bodie Island Lighthouse at sunset

A view of the Bodie Island Lighthouse at sunset

A view of the Bodie Island Lighthouse at sunset

Wetlands in Albemarle Sound area

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Wind-swept dunes near the abandoned Coast Guard Station

Beach near Puerto Nuevo

Beach near Puerto Nuevo

Boats pulled up on the beach at a small-scale fishing port

A heavily silted river enters the ocean near San Juan

A builtup area near San Juan, looking north to the Atlantic Ocean

Recreational fishing boats at San Juan Bay Marina

Newport Harbor looking to Beacon Rock

Newport Harbor - haven for thousands of pleasure boats

Sail boats with Newport Bridge in the background

A view of the Newport Bridge

A view of the Newport Bridge

The Newport Bridge at sunset

The Newport Bridge at sunset

Recreational fishing boats at Newport

Looking through the sea oats to the Atlantic Ocean

A pebble and sand beach near the port of Galilee

A pebbles on the beach near the port of Galilee

Beach and seagrass near the port of Galilee

A path through the dunes

Wind-sculpted sand on a path through the dunes

The Whale Museum

The Seamen's Church Institute

The Fishing Vessel ACES HIGH in port, a coastal lobster boat

Tidal wetlands along Johnson Creek

Sea grass and marsh

Tidal area along the Harbor River

Wetlands along the Beaufort River

Life on the mudflats and in the marsh grass of Helena Island

Life in the marsh colonizing a man-made object on Helena Island